The United States is a nation facing a profound and fundamental decision - Who are we going to be? The greatest threat to America's enduring legacy of self-determination, self-reliance, and personal responsibility is the people themselves. The crux of our democratic republic is an active, informed, and responsible citizenry. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." - Wendell Phillips

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Political Fanaticism

A group of people becomes so consumed with a belief system that
they lose all form of reason and objectivity.Ensuring the implementation of this belief system is paramount to such a
magnitude that there are no bounds to what will be done.Laws, morals, facts are all acceptable forms
of collateral damage in the crusade.Antagonism
and intimidation are the chosen instruments of persuasion for any opposition,
while division is the key to mitigating any threat from the masses.Truth becomes a manufactured message of
ideological tenants.The leader of the
movement is bestowed totalitarian-esque status, questioning of motives or
decisions is sacrilege and all actions are fervently defended by the followers
with a passion born of absolute acceptance and devotion.Underlings bear the brunt of sacrifice for
the cause, while the leadership crafts their next production railing against
the evil their efforts are confronting. Excuses
abound and fault is laid squarely at the feet of any that resist or flourish in
the environment opposed.

Interesting the number of times the situation described
above has played out in the span of human history.What we see transpiring in America today is
the next iteration of this same old song; one that will lead to the same destination
as all earlier attempts – ruin.The
current administration has a government centric vision they will not waver on
seeing to fruition.Nothing will deter
them.While this type of determination
or persistence is normally an admirable trait, like all things it can be
corrupted.A win at all costs
mentality’s natural evolution is the rationalizing of the unthinkable, a denial
so powerful that nothing is sacred.When
institutions such as constitutional rights, the rule of law, and prescribed
constraints on governmental power are the things ridden roughshod over there is
nothing positive about it.

Fanaticism is the irrational support of something combined
with an extreme intolerance of an opposing viewpoint.There is no discussion with this president,
he does not value alternative or dissenting opinions and will not listen them.He is right and all that see things another
way are wrong, so wrong that they should not just be ignored, they should be
berated, threatened, and removed from the discussion altogether.Being a political untouchable he prefers the
campaign pulpit, a forum where he cannot be challenged while passive
aggressively getting in the face of and jabbing his finger in the chests of his
political opponents.In his dealings
with those of a differing political vein there is no code of conduct, mutual
respect, or even an agreement to disagree.There is only crushing any opposition, any barrier in order to realize a
fundamentally changed America.

By combining a historic candidate with a cleverly packaged
socialist agenda preaching its brand of equality while inciting the always
reliable feeling of envy and masterfully presenting it to a people looking for
any kind of change, a very strong move was made.When adding in the good fortune of being handed
a near global financial crisis blamed on the opposing political party, the odds
went from good to downright unfair.In
fact, the odds were so good that a junior senator from Illinois who was wholly
unqualified and thoroughly lacking in any command or leadership experience was
swept into the White House with great fanfare.A baseless hope was created through the election of a man that had
accomplished precious little in his life to that point save a few well-received
speeches.Lofty expectations about his fostering
of bipartisan harmony and ushering in a new era of cooperation were accepted as
a foregone conclusion despite the fact he was a lifetime far left ideologue schooled
in the divisive tactics of Chicago politics. None of this mattered though; he was bestowed
with a mandate and the means to implement his will to change things by a nation
dazzled by an unsubstantiated claim of inevitable greatness.A destiny created by a coalition of a
determined political left and an adoring media that sacrificed its journalistic
integrity for a chance to advance its liberal leanings. The situation they had patiently laid in wait
for had finally arrived and they were going to take full advantage of it.

Leadership is not part of Obama’s repertoire, that spot in
his quiver is occupied instead by the arrow of coercion.Unable to garner support for his vision on its
merits, the only path to implementation is force.Those that refuse to submit are the focus of
the faithful’s wrath.The president must
be kept above the fray to maintain some semblance of prestige, so the minions
hurl the baseless allegations, perpetuate the smear campaigns, and are always
on the prowl for a sound bite to edit into a reputation crushing blunder.The same loyal soldiers throw themselves in
front of any political train wrecks that threaten to divert the march toward a
new national order.Flaws and failures
must be mitigated as to not tarnish the carefully crafted charismatic image of
an administration that is benevolently righting all the wrongs of the evil
America that preceded their rise to power.Controlling the information is key to manipulating the public’s
perception, a feat easily accomplished with the three ponged offensive of
dismissive journalism, solidarity in silence, and offering up ignorance and
incompetence as valid explanations for any potentially damaging situations.Combine all this with the building trend of a
society that has a limited attention span and little interest in the politics
of their nation and you have a situation ripe to being taken advantage of. Especially by an ideological group that has
anxiously awaited a realistic opportunity to unleash their brand of social
justice upon the nation whose unparalleled achievement through self-reliance has
consistently proven them wrong for close to 237 years.

The myriad of political scandals that today plague the Obama
administration is irrefutable evidence of what they are capable of.This is a government whose first reaction is to
lie, conceal, and suppress when faced with adversity.Any
threat to their advance is met with a closing of ranks and the persistent
efforts by loyal supporters to marginalize each offense, even to the point of accepting
incompetence as a reasonable excuse.This naïve and idealistic group shows either a great immaturity or a
general disregard in their actions as their reckless obedience blinds them to
the growing risk they are fostering by allowing new and dangerous precedents to
be set.All of this is a byproduct of a
wholly determined group hell-bent on seeing their worldview become reality even
though the massive expansion of the national government’s size and scope they
advocate is an open invitation to the rise of a tyrannical regime.Without
an astute citizenry checking their offensive, the zealots will simply go about
their business of herding the United States down the path to a condition that
will render our country unrecognizable.A
place with government incited coercion, suppression of political dissent, an
absence of ambition and motivation, and an equality of mediocrity will supplant
our once proud and defiant nation.

This situation was made possible by the actions of previous
administrations.The expansion of the
national government’s power and intrusion into the everyday lives of the American
people is not solely a product of the current administration, and with each transgression
the line of what was considered acceptable was pushed further out.The difference between the actions of those that
came before him and President Obama is the extent to which this situation has
been taken advantage of.For him and the
increasingly radical Democratic Party there are no lines.Beyond simple arrogance, he believes he is so
right that there is nothing that should be considered out of bounds in the
efforts to institute his promised fundamental change, a mission to save the
masses from the perils of Capitalism and the inequalities of life.Ideologue and fanatic are not complements as
neither allows for the moderating effects of reality.When reality is not part of the equation,
failure is inevitable.There is nothing
wrong with being passionate and devoted to a cause, expect when reason, objectivity,
and morality are forsaken in the process.How ironic that a group that claims the mantra of tolerance is only
tolerant of those that share their views.

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